Fox Sports/NFL Network’s Jay Glazer scooped everyone by tweeting in the wee small hours of Monday morning the end of the 136-day NFL lockout.

Glazer posted the news at 2:52 a.m. Central time on Twitter that both sides agreed to the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement after a late night/way-early Monday meeting in Washington. Glazer’s full story was posted on FoxSports.com and NFL.com about an hour later with updated details throughout Monday morning.

NFL Network reported Glazer’s news with a “breaking news” on-screen crawl during replays of “NFL Total Access” in the 4 and 5 a.m. hours on Monday.

Glazer phoned in a minute and a half report that kept repeating for about nine minutes around 5:58 a.m. NFL Network went live at 6:07 a.m. Central time with Steve Wyche anchoring, later joined by Scott Hanson and with Albert Breer doing stand-up reports in front of NFL Player Association headquarters in Washington.

The Associated Press did not confirm Glazer’s report until 7:45 a.m. Central time.

(Courtesy: NFL Network) Excerpt of Drew Brees' e-mail to teammates about the lockout's end, as obtained by NFL Network.

Glazer also tweeted that trades, rookie signings and free agent negotiating could begin as early as Tuesday with free agent signings beginning at 6 p.m. (Eastern) on Friday.

On Sunday, NFL Network reported that New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, a member of the NFLPA executive committee, e-mailed teammates that the end of the lockout was near, hinting at Monday’s deal and Tuesday’s start to free agency.